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Description: | Spectacles: A complete, though heavily corroded, pair of iron-framed spectacles, with (relatively weakly) magnifying lenses, dating to the mid-18th century. The round-eye form with a C-bridge and straight sides is fairly typical of 'wig' spectacles of the 18th century, but the ring-shaped ends were introduced around the early 1740s and the protruding rivets in the joints died out after the middle of the 18th century. All in all, the type can be dated to the decades either side of 1750, though they may have continued in use for some time after this, as there is evidence for spectacles being passed through families by inheritance.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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